Be a FRIEND—MEMBERSHIP Counts!
It's a New Year! January's SCFOL Used Book Presale is January 3. 2024 & 2025 Friends members are welcome to come and purchase books. BUT remember, you must renew your annual Friends of the Library membership in order to enjoy the monthly, members' only, SCFOL Friday Pre-Book Sales. SCFOL ANNUAL Memberships are a real bargain: $5 for Seniors or Youth; $10 for one adult; $20 for a Family (dual adult). Sponsor ($50), Contributor ($100) and Patron ($1000) membership levels... Continue Reading >
REMINDER: You must be a Friends of the Library member to buy books at the Friday Pre-Sale. JOIN SCFOL at the Sale and BUY BOOKS! This is another great way to support the library and meet other Friends. On the day before the first-Saturday-of-the-month SCFOL Used Book Sales, current members of the Friends of the Library are invited to purchase fiction books and media materials in the Winer Family Community Room & Art Gallery. Current author hardbacks sell for... 
This year’s annual SCFOL General Membership meeting will be held Wednesday, November 13, 2024 from 4:00-5:30 pm, in the San Carlos Branch Library’s Winer Family Community Room & Art Gallery. All SCFOL members are invited to attend. Find out what's happening in 2025 at the San Carlos Branch Library.
The agenda will include:
SCFOL President Bill Bischoff: Introduction of guests, new 2024 SCFOL Life Members (Sandi Calabough Sue Dennis, and Lisa King), and speaker.
SPEAKER: Past President of SCFOL & FSDPL,... 
Congratulations to the 2023-2024 outstanding SCFOL volunteers, Marcy Andersen, Lara Ferguson, Leesa Mouw, and Kathy Ruiz. They were recognized at the June 8, 2024 FSDPL Annual Meeting. These wonderful volunteers have given freely, many hours of their time and talents to SCFOL. As of June 11, 2024, Andersen and Ruiz have also been elected to the SCFOL Board of Directors.
Marcy Andersen stepped into the position of SCFOL Officer and Board Secretary. Evie McGhee has retired from those positions after... 
The Library Shop is open Monday through Saturday.
Mon-Tues - 11:30 am - 5:30 pm
Wed-Sat - 10:30 am - 5:30 pm
It currently offers $5.95 Flat Rate Shipping for web orders.
The Library Shop is not just a well-curated gift and book shop. It is a non-profit book & gift store located in the courtyard of the Downtown Central Library sponsored by the FSDPL & the SDPL Foundation. As the Downtown Central Library was being planned, space was set aside for a... 